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Expedia Plans to Offer Travel Services
Through French National Railway Site

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Kevin J. Delaney Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 4, 2001 7:47 a.m. ET

PARIS -- U.S. online travel giant Expedia Inc. Tuesday unveiled a broad accord to offer its services on the French national railway operator's Web site.

The railway operator, known as the SNCF, reported 600 million francs ($82.8 million or 91.5 million euros) in Internet sales last year, making it the country's largest online merchant, according to some estimates. The deal should give Expedia an important boost as it seeks to expand...